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SURPRISE 
ON WHEELS 

A READ-IT-YOURSELF STORY 



BY MARGARET FRISKEY 
PICTURED BY LUCIA PATTON 


JUNIOR PRESS BOOKS 

ALBERT WHITMAN & COMPANY 

CHICAGO .9.0 ILLINOIS 

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Copyright, 1940, by 
Albert Whitman & Company 




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Written in the vocabulary of a pre¬ 
school child, as compiled by the 

International Kindergarten Union. 

received 

SEP 2 7 1940 

COPYRIGHT OFFICE 


Note—The text of this book is set In Manuscript type, the same al¬ 
phabet that the boy and girl first learns to identify and to use at 
school. The purpose of the book is to present easy, interesting read¬ 
ing for the beginner, with no new type faces to confuse the reader. 

Lithographed in the U.S.A. 

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Patsy and Peter were five years old 
They knew how to hammer. 

They knew how to saw. 

They knew how to build things. 

But little Bill was only two. He didn’t know 
anything about a hammer and a saw. 


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"We 

Peter. 


are 


"We are 
said Patsy. 


going to build something," said 
going to build something big," 


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"You may build something/' said Mother. 
"You may build something big, but not in 
here. This is the living room." 


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Patsy and Peter went into the kitchen. 
"We are going to build something/' said 
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"You may build something," 
"You may build something big 
here. This is the kitchen." 


said Mother. 
, but not in 



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Patsy and Peter knew where they could 
hammer. 

They knew where they could saw. 
They knew where they could build some¬ 
thing big. 

Patsy took the hammer. 



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"Go?" said little Bill. 

"No," said Peter. "You don’t know how 
to hammer. You don’t know how to saw. 



blocks." 


Patsy and Peter walked up and up the 
hill to Uncle Joe’s house. 



Uncle Joe had a yard. 

Uncle Joe had a barn. 

Uncle Joe had a goat tied to a tree. 
Patsy and Peter liked to go to Uncle 
Joe’s. 


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"You may build something," said Uncle 
Joe. "You may hammer. You may saw. 
You may build something big. But don’t 
let the goat go." 



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All day Patsy and Peter hammered and 


sawed 

They took a big box. 
They made a boat. 





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They sat in the boat. 

They wanted to ride. 

They wished the boat would go. 

But the boat did not go. It stayed 
Uncle Joe’s back yard. 




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That night Patsy and Peter walked 
down and down the hill to their house. 


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"Did you build something big?" asked 
Mother. 

"Yes," said Peter. 

"Yes," said Patsy. "It was a big boat. 
But it was no good. It didn’t go." 

"A boat is no good if it doesn’t go," said 
Peter. "Tomorrow we will build something 
else." 












The next day Patsy took the hammer. 
Peter took the saw. 

They started to go. 

"Go?" said little Bill. 

"No," said Peter. "You don’t know how 
to hammer. You don’t know how to saw. You 


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Patsy and Peter walked 
up and up the hill to Uncle 

_ Joe’s house. _ 

"We do not want the boat," said Patsy. 
"It is no good. It doesn’t go," said Peter. 
"We are going to build something else," 
said Peter. 

"You may build something else," said 
Uncle Joe. "You may build something big. 
But don’t let the goat go" 


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Peter found a little barrel in the barn. 
Patsy found a little box. 

Peter found a big bell. 

Patsy found a lantern. 

All day Patsy and Peter hammered 
and sawed. They made a train. 


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They sat in the train. 

They wished the train would go. 

They wanted to ride. 

But the train did not go. It stayed in 
Uncle Joe’s back yard. 

"The train is no good, because it 
doesn’t go," said Peter. 

"It doesn’t go because it has no wheels," 
said Patsy. 


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Peter. 


some wheels," said 


They looked in the barn. But there 
were no wheels. 


They looked under the porch. But there 
were no wheels. 

Peter looked in the yard. But there 
were no wheels. 


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That night Patsy and Peter walked down 
and down the hill to their house. 

"Did you build something?" asked Mother. 
"Yes," said Peter. 

"Yes," said Patsy. "It was something big. 
It was a train." 

"It was a train," said Peter. "But it was 

no good because it 
didn’t go." 

"A train is no 
good if it has no 
wheels," said Patsy. 




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"To-morrow we must find some wheels," 
said Peter. 

The next day Patsy took the hammer, 


Peter took the saw, and they started to go. 
"Go?" said little Bill. 



to hammer. You don’t know how to saw. 
You must stay at home and play with your 
blocks." 


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"But look, Peter!" said Patsy. "Little Bill 
has some wheels. Those big, round blocks 
are good wheels." 

"Little Bill," said Peter, "you may come 
with us, and bring your wheels. We must 
have your wheels." 


So Patsy and Peter and little Bill 
walked up and up the hill to Uncle Joe’s 



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Uncle Joe said, "You must have wheels 
for your train. Those are good wheels. You 
may hammer. You may saw. You may 
put the big wheels on your train. But don’t 
let the goat go." 

All day Patsy and Peter hammered 
and sawed and put the wheels on the train. 


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But little Bill didn’t know how to hammer. 
He didn’t know how to saw. So he did let the 
goat go. 


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At last the wheels were on the train. 
Patsy got in the train. 

Peter got in the train. 

"All aboard/' said Peter. 


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Little Bill got in the train. 
"Go?" said little Bill. 


Just then the goat ran at the train, and 
gave it a big push, and it started to go. 


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The bell rang. The wheels went around and 
around And the train went faster and 
faster. 


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"Oh, my!" said Mother when she saw the 


train. 

"Oh my!" said Uncle Joe when he saw the 
goat. 

"Go?" said little Bill. 

"You did go," said Uncle Joe. "And you 
did let the goat go." 


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Mother said, "You children do know how 
to build something big. You must build some¬ 
thing else. You must build something here at 
home where I can watch you. But you 
cannot hammer and saw in the living room. 



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You cannot hammer and 
saw in the kitchen. You 

have a workshop 





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And so ever after, Patsy and Peter 
and little Bill had a workshop of their own. 
They could hammer. They could saw. They 
could make something big. 

And Peter did not say to little Bill, "You 
don’t know how to hammer. You don’t know 
how to saw ." Because little Bill was learning. 


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